Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K Contents, Before you start, 02 5 minute guide, Connecting up, USB playback

Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Other problems when using the

Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 11

03 Connecting up

Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Analog audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Video cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting the multichannel analog

outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 16

About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting other video components . . . . . . 17 Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . 18

Connecting to the front panel video

terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 21

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 30 Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 31 Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 32 Using surround back channel processing . . . 32 Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . 32 Using Midnight and Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 34 Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 35

06 USB playback

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Compressed audio compatibility. . . . . . . . . 37

07 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

04 Controls and displays		08 Using the tuner
Front panel	23	Listening to the radio	47
Display	24	Improving FM stereo sound	47
Remote control	26	Tuning directly to a station	47
Operating range of remote control	28	Saving station presets	47
		Naming station presets	48
		Listening to station presets	48
		Changing the frequency step	48